The Emperor
Wander Beyond Brewing in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England 🏴
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.04
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One of the most viscous beers we have produced to date. This dark barleywine has soft aromas of treacle, toffee and fruit cake. The flavour opens up with an initial hit of sweetness, light caramel and stewed fruits which develop into raisins, figs and honey. A soft carbonation supports the complexity of the beer. An intriguing beer to share with friends.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 06/03/24. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a beige cap that thins to a swirl and edging. Nose is dark malts, stewed fruits, booze, toffee, dates, vinous trace, figs. Taste comprises sweet malts, brown sugar melt, sweeter than the nose suggested, molasses, treacle toffee, booze tunes, figs, dates, light spice balance, fruit cake mix, syrup. Full bodied, viscous oily feel with a semi drying close and big punchy kick of alcohol. Fun barley wine ... veers on the overly sweet side at times but pulls back and delivers a sticky fruit cake mess.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2024
at 18:06
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
27th January 2024 Can. Clear very deep amber brown beer, small tan head. Airy soft palate, very airy and very soft, decent fine carbonation. Soft rich dark toffee and caramel malts, hints of port wine and whiskey barrel here, but that is just malt fermentation complexity. Treacle says the can, yeah - tick. Some alcohol spice, but just mild heat. Slightly spicy berry liqueur on the soft airy spicy finish. An accomplished barleywine for me, big feckin abv, but fairly well disguised. Fluffy soft palate for easy drinking, layered flavours for constant amusement of the palate. Yeah, this is a good one and, with all these good factors, it it is unsurprisingly, dangerously drinkalble.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2024
at 19:07
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours very dark brown, with lots of dense tan head, bit too much for the glass to hold. Smell is malty, sweet, slightly toasty caramel. Dense and surprisingly soft body, boozy though. Taste is very sweet, loads of toffee, bit of dried fruit. At first it was enjoyable, but the more I drink of this, the more this cloying sweetness overpowers everything else.
Tried
from Can
at
Muted Horn
on 07 Jan 2023
at 23:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
440ml can @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, Oct 22. Pours black with a deep tan head. Aroma is sweet, with dark chocolate and deep malt notes. Big old palate-coating barley wine to taste, nice and sweet with plenty of dark treacle, chocolate and dark fruit swirls. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Nov 2022
at 22:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
31st October 2022; Shrewsbury Beer Share in Chez Sophie, only four of us! 440ml can, viscous black body, beige head (thin). Very boozy and sweet, dark fruits and caramel, a Christmas Pudding of a beer!
Tried
from Can
on 02 Nov 2022
at 13:54
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
440ml can, kindly shared by Finn. Black in the glass, remaining fawn-coloured head, spotty lacing. Roasted toast on the nose, hints of doughy fruits. Quite unbalanced taste profile of stewed fruit, dough, and bread-like malts. Solid malt-fruity finish with warmth from the alcohol. Gets rather heavy and overly sweet, still some slow sipper qualities. (Rating session with Finn and lmojoh, Tromsø 20.06.2022).
Tried
from Can
on 22 Jun 2022
at 08:33
5/10
Mørkebrun nesten sort med beige skum. Maltsødme vanilje kokos. Smak malt sukker. God aroma, fin fylde. Alt for søt i smaken. Delt med Rune og Finn
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2022
at 20:21
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Mørkebrun nesten sort med beige skum. Maltsødme vanilje kokos. Smak malt sukker. God aroma, fin fylde. Alt for søt i smaken. Delt med Rune og Finn
Tried
on 20 Jun 2022
at 18:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 5.5
Delt med lmojoh og Rune på Nerstranda. Svart. Lysebrunt skum. Brødaroma. Silkemyk munnfølelse. Smaken svisker. Overdøvende søt. For heftig.
Tried
on 20 Jun 2022
at 18:17
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Can from RAD Beer. Deep chocolate black w with a tan head. Aroma and taste are malty sweet and treacle. Nutty with dried fruity. Full boozy body.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2021
at 20:34